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Portraits de la folie Stéphanie d'Oustrac (mezzo) / Ensemble Amarillis, Héloïse Gaillard [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Sep/2020 ] "The enjoyment of a refined French enunciation is reason enough to buy this disc. D'Oustrac relishes her words, and squeezes gestures from them" BBC Music Five Stars. Choral & Song Choice Sept 2020 |
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE / HEINRICH SCHUTZ / LUDERT DIJKMAN
Buxtehude, Schütz & Dijkman: Septem Verba / Membra Jesu Nostri Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] "Vocal forces of just 10 singers supported by the same number of instrumentalists bring a level of intimacy that is entirely appropriate to this programme of 17th-century music reflecting on the Passion." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Choral |
Ensemble Correspondances Sebastien
Le Ballet Royal De La Nuit [ Harmonia Mundi / 4 CD/DVD - released 16/Oct/2018 ] Following an initial reconstruction on disc in 2015, the Ballet Royal de la Nuit enjoyed a triumphal modern premiere at the Théâtre de Caen in November 2017. That staged version, presented in this outstanding box set, at last includes the entire... |
CHARPENTIER
Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël Ensemble Correspondances, Sebastien Daucé [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Oct/2016 ] Each year from 1684 to 1686, Marc-Antoine Charpentier offered a Christmas pastorale to his patron, Marie de Lorraine. After the death of the boy Louis-Joseph, the last male heir of the line, the figure of the Christ-Child occupied a central place... |
W. A. MOZART / LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Mozart & Beethoven Quintets Ensemble Dialoghi [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "It is a real delight to hear this coupling so thoughtfully and lovingly played on period instruments and recorded in deluxe sound." MusicWeb |
JOHANN JANITSCH / CHRISTIAN KRAUSE / JOHANN GRAUN
Forgotten Chamber Works with Oboe from the Court of Prussia Ensemble Notturna, Christopher Palamera (oboe) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] Guided by oboist Christopher Palameta, the five artists of Notturna have come together to explore forgotten chamber works from the court of Frederick the Great. |
ANONYMOUS
Ecole de Notre Dame: Mass for Christmas Day Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] Marcel Peres and Ensemble Organum, relive Mass for Christmas Day as it was sung in the prestigious setting of the School of Notre Dame in paris, the cradle of western polyphony. |
CARLO GESUALDO
Sabbato Sancto (with Gorli - Requiem) Ensemble Vocal Européen, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'abord / CD - released 10/Aug/2013 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Vespers & Complete All-Night Vigil Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 28/Oct/2022 ] "...from the first notes of this performance by the superb Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir we appreciate the difference between Western and Slavic sound, as a super-deep and resonant bass voice intones the Deacon's gathering words: "Arise! Bless... |
ARVO PART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Part: Da Pacem Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (cond) with Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 22/Sep/2006 ] "Another excellent set from Paul Hillier and his remarkable Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Small wonder that Hillier is on the same wavelength as the Estonian composer - he wrote his biography." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Belshazzar (complete opera recorded in 2008) BLU-RAY Festival Aix-en-Provence / Kenneth Taylor, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta / Rene Jacobs (cond) [ Harmonia Mundi Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Sep/2011 ] "the dramatic essence of the story...comes over in a striking semi-expressionist fashion. There's a strong set of central performances." (BBC Music - Blu-Ray Choice August 2011) |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for orchestra (with Brahms/Schoenberg - Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra / Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Conductor) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/May/2016 ] "This new entry to the catalogue shines out with its precision, vigour and clarity of sound....A seriously interesting and worthwhile disc." (The Guardian) |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Telemann: Suites / Concerto in E minor Freiburg Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Nov/1994 ] "I was reminded time and again that Telemann's music is extraordinarily good, and amazed at the quality of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra's performances. This is an unmitigated joy." Gramophone .. |
J. S. BACH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bach, (J.S.): Alio Modo (keyboard works transcribed for viols) Fretwork [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 25/Dec/2005 ] "Fretwork play with a gorgeous simplicity of expression and deep musicality." - The Independent, UK |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Gerard Poulet (violin) Dominique Merlet (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Mandala / 4 CD Box Set - released 29/Dec/2001 ] "one immediately feels confident that he's in command, both technically and musically. He chooses consistently brisk or flowing tempos, but never sounds hurried, because his playing has such rhythmic poise" Gramophone (on Gerard Poulet's Bach) |
ANTIONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Il Mondo al rovescio - Concerti con molti istromenti Gli incogniti, Amandine Beyer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] Vivaldi's concerti con molti istromenti are true precursors of the symphony in their amplitude and audacity. In these pieces, the 'Red-haired Priest', a creator of boundless imagination, amused himself by devising literally unheard-of combinations of... |
RICHARD WAGNER
The Wagner Project Matthias Goerne (baritone) / The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2017 ] Thanks to the combined talents of Matthias Goerne and Daniel Harding at the head of the excellent Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the music of Richard Wagner glows here with a special radiance. In the finest scenes for baritone or... |
MANCINI / GERSHWIN
Music For Peter Gunn / Gershwin By Grofé Harmonie Ensemble New York, Steven Richman [ Harmonia Mundi with complete catalogue / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2016 ] "a fascinating and hugely enjoyable disc." (BBC Music) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / ELLINGTON / STRAYHORN
The Nutcracker Suites Harmonie Ensemble New York, Steven Richman [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 26/Oct/2013 ] Reviving the art of "swinging the classics", Steven Richman and the Harmonie Ensemble/New York present two different versions of the beloved Nutcracker Suite side by side on the same album for the first time: the Tchaikovsky original of 1892,... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Mass in C minor / Masonic Funeral Music in C minor Christiane Oelze, Jennifer Larmore, Scott Weir, Peter Kooy / La Chapelle Royale, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 12/Jun/2015 ] "The most gentle rendition of this work that I've ever heard…" (Fanfare) |
